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Lars Olai GRAVDAHL

Lars Olai GRAVDAHL

Male 1877 - 1914  (37 years)

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  • Name Lars Olai GRAVDAHL  [1
    Birth 18 Mar 1877  Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Baptism 2 Apr 1877  Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 10 Feb 1893  [3
    Emigration 20 Feb 1893  Bergen, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Emigration 10 Apr 1893  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1895  Lafayette, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Church member 22 Jul 1898  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Immanuel Lutheran Church 
    Departure Abt 1904  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    News 12 Feb 1904  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • - Lars Gravdahl left for Tomahawk, Wisconsin, Monday evening,

      -Mrs. H. Gravdahl was quite sick the fore part of the week with throat trouble.
    Census 1905  Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Death 17 Jul 1914  Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Person ID I2468  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2022 

    Father Haldor Olsen GRAVDAHL,   b. 12 Nov 1841, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 20 Aug 1909, Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Gunhild Antonsdatter LANDE,   b. 15 May 1849, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1917, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 29 Apr 1870  Fusa, Søndre Bergenhus, Norge Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Family ID F339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1605] DB: Emigrants from Bergen (Norway) 1874-1930, 26 July 2007.

    2. [S1718] DB: Norway Church Records, 1812-1938, Lars Olai, born 18 March 1877, baptized 2 April 1877; baptisms, pg. 83, citing Kirkebøker 1812-1938, Arkivverket, Norge.
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    3. [S1574] DB: SAB, Fjelberg Soknepresetembete, H/Haa: Ministerialbok nr. C1, 1879-1918, s. 240, Haldor Olsen Gravdal with Gunhild Antonsdatter and children: Johanna Elisabeth, Ole, Anna Maria, Lars Olai, Margaret _____, Haldor Gusav, Cecilia (Secila), and Marta, 10 Feb 1893.
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    4. [S1708] DB: New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, Point of embarkation Kristiansand, to Ellis Island, ship Hekla; Gunhild Gravdal with children Anne, Margarethe, Cecilie, Martha, Haldor, Gabriel, Johanne, Ole, and Lars; 10 April 1893.
      Gunhnild Antonsdatter Lande emigration
      Gunhnild Antonsdatter Lande emigration


    5. [S1363] CENSUS: State, 1895 Iowa, Story, Lafayette, p. 258-259, Haldor, Gunhild, Lars, Haldor, Gabriel, Secilia, and Martha Gravdal, John and Elizabeth G. Veland; State Historical Society, Des Moines, FHL microfilm 1,022,183; images online, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 19 May 2021).
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    6. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969".
      Immanuel Lutheran Church member, 22 July 1898: Haldor Gravdal b. 12 Nov 1841 Fjelberg, Norge; Gunhild Gravdal b. 10Mai 1849 Fjelberg, Norge; Ole Gravdal b. 14 Mai 1872 Fjelberg, Norge; Anna Marie Gravdal b. 15 Aug 1874 Fjelberg, Norge; Lars Olai b. 19 Ma
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      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_church_001


    7. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969", Immanuel Lutheran Church Afgaaede (Departing) records, p. 116, listing Haldor and Gunhild Gravdal with Ole, Anna, Lars, Margaret, Haldor, Cecilie (død or deceased), Gabriel (død or deceased) and Martha.
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    8. [S1160] NEWS: The Story City Herald, Local News; 12 February 1904; Lars Gravdahl, Mrs. H. Gravdahl, p. 5; 20 December 2020.
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      ANTONSDATTER_Gunhild_b1848_News_002


    9. [S1384] CENSUS: State, 1905 Iowa, Polk, Des Moines, card G914, Lars O. Gravdahl; State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,585; images online, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 20 Dec 2020).
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      GRAVDAHL_Lars_b1877_census_1905


    10. [S1526] North Dakota, U.S., State Death Certificates, 1908-2007, 17 March 2022; "Louie Gravdale," d. 17 July 1914, reg. no. 504.
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    11. [S609] Fusa Strandvik Hordaland Klokkerbok 1861-1885 - 35, Regional State Archives of Bergen.

    12. [S470] Norway, "Church book from Fusa parish 1855-1879 (1241P)", Images online, marriage of Haldor Olsen Lygren and Gunhild Antonsdr Lander, 29 April 1870 in Fusa.
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      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_marr_001




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